BenchBot Robot User Guide : Setting up the BenchBot Robot : Selecting a teachpoint file

Selecting a teachpoint file
BenchBot Robot profiles and teachpoint files
A teachpoint file contains the list of locations at which the robot will pick or place labware. For a detailed description of teachpoints and teachpoint files, see Teachpoint components and Teachpoint files.
Every BenchBot Robot profile must be associated with a teachpoint file. When you create a profile, the software automatically creates a new default teachpoint file. Its location is shown in the Teachpoint File area. The file name is teachpoint_<profilename>, and the file remains empty until you set teachpoints.
 
Selecting the default teachpoint file
To use the default teachpoint file as is:
Proceed to Saving the profile. Later you will add teachpoints to this teachpoint file.
If you want to change the teachpoint file name or storage location, in the Teachpoint File area, click Save as. In the Save As dialog box, type a name for the teachpoint file, select the storage location, and then click Save. The file path appears in the Teachpoint File area. Later you will add teachpoints to this file.
Selecting an existing teachpoint file
If you want to use an existing teachpoint file:
In the Teachpoint File area, click Select. In the Select a Teachpoint File dialog box, locate and select the teachpoint file that you want to use, and then click Open. The file path appears in the Teachpoint File area.
 
If you want to use an existing teachpoint file and rename it, you must select the existing teachpoint file, initialize the profile to load information in the existing teachpoint file (Initializing the profile), and then click Save As in the Teachpoint File area to rename it.
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